REFLECTOR: RE: NOSE WHEEL GOT SIDEWAYS

[Chuck Jensen]

Al,
 
I thought someone would probably apply math to it--you da man.  By your numbers, it looks like something dropping out of the nose gear bay at takeoff/landing might clear, but probably nothing will clear at cruise.  
 
Chuck
 
 
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On Behalf Of Al Gietzen
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Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: RE: NOSE WHEEL GOT SIDEWAYS



Subject: REFLECTOR: RE: NOSE WHEEL GOT SIDEWAYS

 

Tom

 

You say believed you lost the "T" fitting in flight.  Did you check the Velocity high speed rotating strainer that's attached to the engine to see if it was detected, evidenced by leaving 'memory marks'?  Idle curiousity:  Can anything fall off the plane's fuselage without going through the prop at rotation speeds or above?

 

Chuck

 

Well, let's see; at 120 mph that's 176 ft/sec - so it takes about 85 msec to travel 15 ft.  If you drop something from the nose gear well, it will travel downward a max of about 30 - 35 in. before the prop goes by.  It might clear the prop.

Just thinking out loud, check my math.

Al

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